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Detainee under behavioural separation – monitoring requirements

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Part 5Detention centres and detainees
Division 8Management of detainees

72 Detainee under behavioural separation – monitoring requirements

(1) If a detainee is separated under section 158F of the Act:

(a) the detainee must be monitored by closed-circuit television or physical observation by a member of staff; and

(b) written observations of a member of staff and the date, time and name of the member of staff, must be recorded at intervals not exceeding 15 minutes; and

(c) the

Superintendent must reassess the decision to separate the detainee every 2 hours.

(2) The

Superintendent must keep a journal recording the following:

(a) the date and time a detainee is separated;

(b) the name of the detainee;

(c) the reason why the detainee was separated;

(d) the behavioural and therapeutic measures attempted under section 158F(2)(a) of the Act;

(e) the time the on-call person in charge was notified and that person's name;

(f) the matters recorded under subregulation (1)(b);

(g) notes of all assessments made under subregulation (1)(c);

(h) the date and time of exercise periods and ablutions;

(i) the name of any visitor to the detainee and the date and time of the visit;

(j) details of any approval by the CEO for separation exceeding 12 hours;

(k) the date and time the detainee is released from the separation.

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